CF América vs. Portland Timbers - Exact Score

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Market context

CF América and the Portland Timbers meet in a Leagues Cup match where a **YES** share pays out only if the exact full-time score matches the listed outcome, with only 90 minutes plus stoppage time counted and extra time or penalties ignored. In other words, this is not a bet on who wins; it is a bet on one precise final scoreline, so the market usually prices very low unless traders think a particular result is unusually likely.

Recent meetings suggest a relatively open game rather than a narrow, low-scoring pattern. The clubs drew 1-1 in the 2025 Leagues Cup, and América beat Portland 3-1 in the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League, with another 1-1 draw in the same 2021 tie; across those three meetings, both teams scored five goals in total and two finished level.[3][6][14] That history matters because exact-score markets tend to cluster around common football scores such as 1-0, 1-1, 2-1, and 2-0, while unusual outcomes are less frequent. A crowd-implied probability of 0% YES therefore usually indicates that traders see the named score as either not listed, extremely unlikely, or poorly supported by available team and matchup data.[1][3][6]

For traders, the main catalysts are line-up announcements, late injury or rotation news, and any change to the match schedule, because this market stays open if the fixture is postponed until it is actually completed. Team form can also matter: one head-to-head source shows América with three wins in their last five and Portland with four wins and one draw in theirs, which points to both sides arriving in decent scoring touch.[1] A final check is whether the market’s score list includes the actual result; if it does not, settlement goes to **Any Other Score**, which is especially important in exact-score contracts.[15]

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Methodology

This page is a comparison snapshot: one live quote, four reference venues with their key attributes, and a single execution path — every trade button routes to Prediction Market UK, which mirrors the Polymarket order book directly.

Resolution & payout

Settlement runs on-chain. Polymarket's contract logic separates YES and NO shares as conditional tokens; at resolution the winning share lifts to $1.00 and the losing one to $0. The outcome input comes from the UMA Optimistic Oracle, which secures against bad resolution with a bond + dispute window.

Once finalised, the smart contract pays USDC to the holders' wallets within minutes — no withdrawal fees beyond Polygon network gas. Kalshi settles in USD via CFTC clearance, Betfair in account currency net of commission, Manifold in play-money mana with no cash-out.

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